GUILDFORD MP Anne Milton has put the issue of a public sex site close to a school to the government, having herself witnessed men cruising the area.

The MP was given a tour of the dogging hotspot just off the Hog’s Back, between Guildford and Farnham, by concerned parents who have children at nearby Puttenham Infant School.

During the afternoon visit, around seven men, one naked, were seen either wandering or waiting in one of the sloping fields which look down on the school’s grounds.

Mrs Milton expressed her shock at the situation, saying: “You have to see it to believe it. If any councillors have doubts about how bad the situation is up here, I would ask them to see for themselves.”

The MP, who has written to the Home Office asking whether there were any plans to address the problem, said she did not see why there was any compulsion to allow people to have sex outside.

“If people want to have sex, they should do it where no-one can see them,” she said.

“Children or no children, it’s completely unacceptable to see people having sex.”

"Intimidated"

According to Mrs Milton, it was understandable for parents of children at the school to feel anxious.

“That doesn’t necessarily suggest that people up here having sex are paedophiles but they are too close to the school,” she said.

“What makes the Hog’s Back different is how close it is to the school and the village. That’s why it makes it vital to do something about it.

“Some people will say that if you do something here, you will just shift the problem to somewhere else.

“Yes, you may shift it to other places but those sites probably wouldn’t be so near a school and village.”

Parents Jules Perkins and Lydia Paterson are leading the campaign to try to close a lay-by off the Hog's Back where people looking for outdoor sex park their cars.

The two mothers led Mrs Milton and Guildford Borough Council leader Tony Rooth around the site, where used condoms, porn magazines and sexual lubricants could be seen strewn around.

Mrs Perkins said: “It’s a beautiful school and a lovely environment. We can see this going on from our houses.

“We feel intimidated, as a village. We are too scared to let our children play outside in the fields because we don’t know what they might find or who they could meet.”

The 200 people who signed the petition are currently waiting for a decision from David McNulty, chief executive of Surrey County Council, on whether any decisive measures preventing access to the site will be put in place.

So far, the council has said it will put up four CCTV cameras at the Hog’s Back café, which is near the site, as well as cut back some of the undergrowth to leave the area more exposed.

"Blind eye"

However, campaigners have complained that this will do little to alleviate the problem, with the cameras far away from the large area where the sexual activity takes place.

They have also pointed out that cleared bushes will only grow back and the exposed areas will simply make it easier to see the sexual activity from the village.

One parent said she witnessed two men having sex about 200 yards away from her house while she was giving her children tea.

Two other mothers also said they had been flashed, one while she had her children in the car.

Mrs Paterson said: “Dogging at the site is happening in broad daylight as well as at night.

"Our children are at the most innocent time of their lives and we don’t want them to be exposed to this.”

John Green, chairman of Puttenham Parish Council, said villagers had been putting up with the dogging hotspot for the past 30 years.

He said: “If the council can live with their decision if a child then gets assaulted, then good luck to them.”

Averell Kingston, chairman of Puttenham CofE Infant School governors, also voiced her disatisfaction with Surrey County Council’s proposals.

She said: “On behalf of Puttenham School, I would like to say that we will not be satisfied with anything less than closure of the Hog’s Back car park.

“It is disgraceful that SCC has turned a blind eye to this issue for several decades and it now seems to be about to miss the chance to make amends to the community.”